lonely, lonesome, heaving copious sighs, turn the corner

UK economy is turning corner, George Osborne says

The UK economy is "turning a corner", Chancellor George Osborne has said in a speech in London.

Mr Osborne cited "tentative signs of a balanced, broad based and sustainable recovery", but stressed it was still the "early stages" and "plenty of risks" remained.

"A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind."

turn the corner

pass the critical point and start to improve.

heave
v., heaved, heav·ing, heaves. v.tr.

1. To raise or lift, especially with great effort or force: heaved the box of books onto the table. See synonyms at lift.
2. 1. To throw (a heavy object) with great effort; hurl: heave the shot; heaved a brick through the window.
   2. To throw or toss: heaved his backpack into the corner.
3. To utter with effort or pain: heaved a groan of despair.
4. To vomit (something).
5. past tense and past participle, hove (hōv). Nautical.
   1. To raise or haul up by means of a rope, line, or cable: hove the anchor up and set sail.
   2. To move (a ship) in a certain direction or into a certain position by hauling: hove the ship astern.
6. To make rise or swell: the wind heaving huge waves; an exhausted dog heaving its chest.
7. Geology. To displace or move (a vein, lode, or stratum, for example).

v.intr.

1. To rise up or swell, as if pushed up; bulge: The sidewalk froze and heaved.
2. To rise and fall in turn, as waves.
3. To gag or vomit.
4. past tense and past participle, hove. Nautical.
   1. To move in a certain direction or to a specified position: The frigate hove alongside.
   2. To pull at or haul a rope or cable: The brig is heaving around on the anchor.
   3. To push at a capstan bar or lever.

copious
adj.

1. Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply: a copious harvest. See synonyms at plentiful.
2. Large in quantity; abundant: copious rainfall.
3. Abounding in matter, thoughts, or words; wordy: "I found our speech copious without order, and energetic without rules" (Samuel Johnson).

[Middle English, from Latin cōpiōsus, from cōpia, abundance.]

copiously co'pi·ous·ly adv.
copiousness co'pi·ous·ness n.

lonely

Syllabification: (lone·ly)

Pronunciation: /ˈlōnlē/

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adjective (lonelier, loneliest)

• sad because one has no friends or company:lonely old people whose families do not care for them
• without companions; solitary:passing long lonely hours looking onto the street
• (of a place) unfrequented and remote:a lonely stretch of country lane

lonesome

Syllabification: (lone·some)

Pronunciation: /ˈlōnsəm/

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adjective

chiefly North American

• solitary or lonely:she felt lonesome and out of things
• remote and unfrequented:a lonesome, unfriendly place

Phrases

by one's lonesome

informal all alone.

Derivatives

lonesomeness

noun